The California Legislature is in the midst of a critically important discussion right now: how can the state do more to clean the air for all residents and address climate change?
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California took a step closer toward clean energy on Wednesday, after the state Senate passed a bill mandating 100 percent renewable energy by 2045…
Assembly Joint Resolution 15, a bill expressing the support of the California State Legislature to continue protecting national monuments, passed out of the State Assembly on a bipartisan vote of 56-16…
Volkswagen’s plan to promote electric cars in California, part of its penalty for a massive air-pollution scandal, is being sent back for repairs because state officials say it doesn’t do enough to help low-income communities with bad air quality…
When Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown launched California last year toward a new goal of reducing greenhouse gases, they did so without addressing one of the state’s key mechanisms for reaching the goal: the cap-and-trade program…
Gov. Jerry Brown slipped quietly into southeast Los Angeles County on Tuesday to tour some of California’s most polluted neighborhoods and meet with activists who have criticized his administration for doing too little to protect the health of the people living there…
You don’t have to be a scientist to know it is getting warmer, but what we all need to pay attention to is the effect the summer like temperatures have on our air quality…
Clean, affordable solar power is delivering health and economic benefits across California, and we need to ensure that those benefits are felt by all…
[San Joaquin Valley is] a pollution-trapping bowl, bounded on three sides by mountains and punished by meteorological conditions that cause dirty air to stagnate…
Over the past decade, California has developed a complex policy framework pertaining to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction including policies that drive demand for low carbon fuels…